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Celebrating the Seamstress Whose Talents Enhance Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Retired after four decades as a staffer, this year Linda Lambert wielded her graduation magic from afar\u2014while wintering in Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Lambert at her sewing machine\" class=\"wp-image-8108 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220331_160042-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>Lambert in her Florida sewing nook, at work on Cornell Tech&#8217;s symbolic banner. <em>(Photo provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Linda Lambert is an artist whose medium is cloth and thread. And at Commencement \u201922, grads and their guests will once again behold her handiwork: an expert seamstress, Lambert created many of the ceremonial banners that will be carried, with all due pomp, across campus and into Schoellkopf Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe is amazing\u2014just amazing,\u201d Connie Mabry, longtime director of the Office of University Commencement Events, says of Lambert, a Big Red retiree who began sewing in fourth grade. \u201cShe\u2019s a master craftsman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flash back to a Tuesday in early April: some of those banners are still taking shape in the Central Florida home where Lambert spends her winters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, after a decade-long break, Lambert is making a host of new banners, some representing recently established (or renamed) schools and colleges\u2014including the <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bowers College of Computing and Information Science<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicpolicy.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooks School of Public Policy<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sha.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nolan School of Hotel Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lambert\u2019s dining room table has been transformed into a work surface for measuring, cutting, and pinning; part of her bedroom is a sewing room, complete with numerous machines, bins full of fabric, a thread rack affixed to the wall, and special lamps that simulate natural light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A Cornell indoor commencement ceremony\" class=\"wp-image-8107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/2018_1013_DecemberGrad_026-A-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Banners add pomp and pageantry to Commencement\u2014whether it&#8217;s held outdoors in Schoellkopf or (as was this December 2018 ceremony) in Barton Hall. <em>(Photo by Jason Koski \/ Cornell University)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the banners Lambert is making simply comprise emblazoned words\u2014like the three-by-six-foot one for the <a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SC Johnson College of Business<\/a>, made up of white letters on a carnelian red background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are symbolic banners, reminiscent of heraldry\u2014such as the Brooks School\u2019s, which currently covers the dining table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the left side of the table is the paper mock-up\u2014depicting two hands cradling the Earth, against an aqua background\u2014that was shipped to Lambert from designers in Ithaca; on the right is her cloth version, a pinned work in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>She is amazing\u2014just amazing. She\u2019s a master craftsman.<\/p><cite>Commencement director <strong>Connie Mabry<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s artistic,\u201d Lambert\u2014who is noticeably loath to sing her own praises\u2014says of what appeals to her about making the banners, \u201cand I just enjoy sewing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A longtime administrative assistant on the Hill, Lambert joined the Cornell staff in 1974, then left after a year or so to drive a tractor-trailer. She returned to the Big Red payroll in 1979, staying until retirement in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(As a farewell gift, her colleagues gave her\u2014what else?\u2014funds for a new sewing machine.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A Cornell name banner in progress\" class=\"wp-image-8126 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220323_135023-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>One of the name banners, in progress. <em>(Photo provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In addition to her admin job, most recently in development sociology in CALS, she has long had a side gig as a seamstress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She started working with Mabry\u2019s office decades ago, repairing the academic regalia that faculty members don for Commencement; she also does alterations professionally and makes some of her own clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy biggest challenge in sewing is altering wedding dresses\u2014figuring out how to make one smaller or larger, and getting the fit and look right,\u201d she observes. \u201cThey\u2019re so detail oriented.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of Lambert\u2019s work for Commencement \u201922 also presented challenges\u2014like properly arranging the many letters on the Hotel school\u2019s name banner. (A new name banner she did for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornell Tech<\/a>, on the other hand, was comparatively simple.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a colorful panel on the Bowers College\u2019s symbolic banner, she struggled to find just the right shade of chartreuse\u2014until she realized she could create it herself, by layering yellow and blue fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe banners add pageantry and color as the procession comes into the stadium, and they reflect the mission and the nature of the college,\u201d Mabry observes. \u201cThey\u2019re lovely, and they really add to the celebration of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A close up of a banner with a pinned globe image\" class=\"wp-image-8106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FAD4B129-83F0-4C0B-8336-9320B60116DF_1_105_c-A-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Brooks School banner takes shape.<em> (Photo by Beth Saulnier)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a staffer, Lambert often volunteered to serve as a Commencement usher. What\u2019s it like to have the fruits of her own labor decorate an Ivy League graduation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve always enjoyed Commencement; I\u2019ve been up in the stands and down on the field with the kids,\u201d she says. \u201cI&#8217;ve seen some of the banners come by and said, \u2018Oh\u2014I did that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top image: Commencement 2014 in Schoellkopf Stadium (photo by Cornell University<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published May 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired after four decades as a staffer, this year Linda Lambert wielded her graduation magic from afar\u2014while wintering in Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":8105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cornelliana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hold Those Banners High! 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